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Step 4: Add Windows and a Door

Once the walls are up get out the reciprocating saw and cut out spaces for the windows and door. Use new 2×4’s or some from dismantled pallets to frame rough openings for your windows and doors. It’s best to build the window and door bucks from your best and longest wood since most doors and windows require strait and plumb surfaces.

Once your window and door holes are cut, slide the 2×4 window and door bucks into place. You’ll probably need to build them into place instead of prefabricating them. The other important thing to do is square up the bucks before fastening a lot of screws. I would put one or two screws in first, square it up, and then fasten a small piece of plywood to the surface of the buck to hold it square while you work. Later these temporary braces can be removed. They are added only to help you keep the window and door openings square while working.

I live in Nassau Bahamas. I am a senior citerson tired of paying rent, would you be kind enough to send your people over here to help me build my tiny home I have lots of pallets. I need your help
Please let me know if you are coming. Thanking you in advance.

Hi Jaqueta. Building with pallets is a bit of an extreme building method not really suited for plans. In other words you have to build in an ad-hoc cobble-it-togther fashion. The plans I’ve posted here show how a small structure would go up ideally (with standard pallets) but often the condition and size of the available pallets requires a lot of experimentation and clever carpentry.

I am the sales manager for a pallet company in Stockton Ca. also we have yard in Modesto Ca. I am looking at ideas for further use of our pallets this is a very interesting idea. We are goin to start making outdoor furniture. But this little house caught my eye. If you could send me more information I would appreciate it.

Imagine if you could apply this to a smaller, more easily portable shelter. Perhaps a substitute for emergency shelter and temporary housing for homeless in urban areas without adequate shelter. I’m in Southern Cal, but would love to share some thoughts and ideas if you’d be interested in some innovative, urban-shelters that could be transported with a bicycle, perhaps?

I see so many of these ideas for alternate housing and energy etc. but almost never are there adequate plans or instructions to actually build the things. The few videos you see are totally amateurish and inadequate. Damn, people, get your shit together. If you’re going to share something do it right. Shit or get off the pot.
It’s just so sad and ridiculous.

In 2001 I built a chicken house 10 by 20 feet complete with a feed room and roosting area and nest boxes all from recycled palettes except for the roof. Then I went on to build a very nice out house the same way. Both are still in excellent condition. For exterior siding I ripped apart the shipping palettes that Propane cylinders are shipped in and recovered the various width solid hardwood boards that are aprox. rough cut 1x4x8 feet long. They made wonderful siding and also I used the rest of the propane pallet boards for 3.5x 8 foot by 2 foot tall raised garden beds. All are still in great shape and have not rotted through. Pallets are great hard wood for all sorts of uses. We used shipping pallets to fence our pasture as well.

My husband & I built a post & beam & when someone posted the tiny pallet house I just had to look it up. I am very impressed w/the little tiny house. As a matter a fact we do have a chicken coop & my husband just finished a turkey coop. I would love to build the tiny house for my husband grandchildren. I do have a friend’s daughter that also built a 2 tier pallet movie sofa, wicked cool right. The nice thing about the pallets is the frame’s r already done for u!! Thx for getting ur pic out there for PPL like me to see. Mrs. David Vlahos